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Draft seeks to better regulate fuel prices
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/09/2024
» A draft law to empower energy authorities to better regulate domestic oil and cooking gas prices is progressing towards parliament for approval, which could be a key energy policy under the nascent Paetongtarn Shinawatra regime.
Solutions sought for huge oil fund debt
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/09/2024
» Regulating oil and gas prices by offering subsidies from the Oil Fuel Fund for five years has left the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo) with huge losses and substantial debt.
Bangchak preps B120bn to underpin expansion plans
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/09/2024
» Energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc will spend 120 billion baht on growing its businesses, including a plan to buy more assets in the upstream petroleum business in order to support its efforts to increase Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) to 100 billion baht by 2030.
OR upbeat on ministry's plan to better regulate oil trade
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/08/2024
» SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) is positive about the Energy Ministry's plan to better regulate oil trade and prices to deal with crude oil price fluctuations, despite growing concerns over the impact on its oil retail.
Fuel subsidies ‘only for the needy’ proposed
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/08/2024
» The Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo) is considering revising its price subsidy programmes to focus only on groups of people who badly need help, rather than making them universal.
Call for hearing on fuel price bill
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 29/07/2024
» The Energy Ministry's latest efforts at tightening control of domestic oil and cooking gas prices under a new bill requires a public hearing to examine its impact on oil traders and government revenue, says an energy expert.
New body proposed to regulate energy prices
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/07/2024
» Energy authorities will be given more power to regulate domestic oil and cooking gas prices through taxes and subsidies under a new law, says Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga.
BAFS aims to be the real deal
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/07/2024
» Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services (BAFS) is not only keen on selling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), but also wants to offer "real" SAF to its customers.
Fuel consumption decreases 0.4%
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/07/2024
» Thailand's total fuel consumption dipped by 0.4% year-on-year to 157.1 million litres per day (MLD) between January and May, attributed to higher energy prices and the country's economic slowdown, says the Department of Energy Business.
Cooking gas subsidies extended to Sept 30
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/06/2024
» The price of cooking gas, also known as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), will remain fixed at 423 baht per 15-kilogramme cylinder until Sept 30 as energy officials have agreed to extend subsidies from the Oil Fuel Fund.